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    Default Does a DUI Show Up on Background Check Before Conviction

    I was offered a job at a school district on a Friday (state of California). That night, I was arrested for a DUI (out celebrating my new job). On Monday my fingerprints were taken for a background check. Please tell me when (or if) the DUI will show up on my background check with the Dept. of Justice. Will the arrest show? It's only been two weeks since my arrest and my court appearance is about 8 weeks away. Also, if it does show up, can the employer deny me the job? Before this DUI, I had a completely clean record. I was truthful on my application, since my record was clean when I applied. Please help. I'm so worried and can't sleep. Thank you!

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    Default Re: Does a DUI Show Up on Background Check Before Conviction

    Whether or not it can/will show depends entirely on how deep a check the employer runs. All background checks are not created equal.

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    Default Re: Does a DUI Show Up on Background Check Before Conviction

    Arrests show on even the basic background checks. They just show up without any disposition being noted (ie no indication of the status of the case as pled, dropped, convicted, etc.). Some jurisdictions get their records updated faster than others. In my agency, I've seen officers make an arrest and then have seen that arrest show up when re-pulling a criminal history only a few days later. If the background check is conducted via a law enforcement agency, the records should update fairly quickly. If the background check is conducted through a private data provider or system, it can take a month or longer for anything to show up (many get "data dumps" monthly or even quarterly, as opposed to law enforcement data requests which access the data "live"

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